Journal-box.



P. BROWN.

JOURNAL BOX.

1,171,087. Patented Fe10.8,1916.

'2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

P. BROWN.

JOURNAL BOX.

' APPLICATION FILED 0012s, 1914.

Patented Feb. 8, 1916,

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

PERRY BROWN, or conAoroLis, PENNSYLVANIA.

" JOURNAL-BOX.

To all whom it Mag concern Be it knownthatl, PERRY BROWN, a citi zen ofthe United States, and aresident of Coraopolis, in the county ofAlleghenyand State of Pennsylvania, have'invented certain new and usefulImprovements in J our-' nal-Boxes, of which the following is aspecification. v

This invention relates to improvements in journal boxes and moreparticularlyto the device forlocking the lid closed. I

WVhile my invention may be applied to various formsof boxes, 'I haveillustrated'it in connection with a box of the character shown in myPatent No. 649,535., I

The" invention consists in the locking device hereinafter described andthe preferable embodiment of which is illustrated in the drawingsaccompanying and forming part hereof. I v v i In said drawings,comprising two sheets: Figure 1 is a perspective view ofpart of a boxwith my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionthroughthe look: ing device. Fig. 3is atopplan view of the corner of thebox. Fig.4 is a perspective view of the box with the lid open. Figs.- 5and 6 are views of a modified form.

Referringnow to the details of the draw qings by numerals: 1designatesthe' end of 'a journal box of any desired construction towhich a lid 2 is pivoted by meansof the hinge joint 3. The lid is soarranged that it may be thrown open as shown in perspective-view in Fig.4 or it maybe closed as shown in Fig. 1. At the side of the feedopening" opposite the hinge 3 the box is formed with a lug 4 having aninclined upper surface 5 and its lower edge beveled or rounded asindicated at 6 in Fig. 2. The extreme corner of the lid 2, opposite thehinge -8,'is provided with a'combined locking and lifting devicecomprising a plate 8 which is pivoted to a lug 10cast integrally withthe lid 2', a pin 12 passing through the lug 10 and a boss 14projecting'from the rear of the upper endof thefplate 8. The plate 8 isalso provided with a handle 16 preferably OftllG construction shown inthe drawings, whereby the operator may place a waste hook or otherimplement under the handle 16 and move the same slightly upon the pivot12 as will be hereinafter explained. Thelid is provided with anopening'or recess 20,; shown-best'inFig. 2, and the plate 8 is providedwith a latch 22 which is arranged 'S pecificati'on of Letters Patent.

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to .projectfthrough the opening'or recess :20

"and, when'thelid'is'in the closed position,-

"s'wing under" the bevled or roundedpartb ofthe lug 4, as will-beseenfrom an inspectionof Fig.2.

Thus when 'the, parts are in the positions "shown in full lines in Fig.2, the latch 22 of the plate Swill project through the opening or recess20 of the lid 2 and be located under the lug 4 so as to 'lockjthe lid 2in its closed position.

handle 16 and lifts the implement-,the first movement'will be to drawthe handle 16, its plate 8 and the latch 22 from the position shown infull lines in Fig. 2 to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2.Thus the latch 22 willfbe released from the lug "4 and further upwardmovementofjthe op'erators implement under the handle 16 will lift theWhen, however, the operator places any kind "of an implement under thelid fi'omthe position shown in Fig. l to the position shown in Fig. 4.order to permit the movement of the plate ,8 as just described,eitherthe front side of the lug 10 or the rear side of the plate 8 iscut slightly away; 'As illustrated in the drawings, the

front .side ofthe lug 10 is cut away as indicated at 24. This not onlypermits the handle 16 and its plateB to be swung in the position shownin dotted lines in Fig. 2 but the inclined'edge 24 acts as a stop topre- 1 vent further movement of the plate 8 on its 1 pivot 12. I desireto call attention to the fact that the upperslirface of the'latch 22 isformed on an arc drawnffrom the center of lower part 6 ofthe lug '4 isformed of the same curvature so that when the latch 22- is in position,it cannot be moved outof position by any tendency of the lid to shake,upward on its pivot 3. At the same time, any movement tending to drawthe handle 16 on its pivot '12 will cause the plate 8 and its latch 22to swing on. an arc on which the pin 12 isthe center and thus the latch22 can easily'be released from the beveled or curved bottom 6of the lug4. f

If, in the operation, the attendant should leave the lid in' 'the openposition shown in Fig. 4 as soon asthe cars start'or are given anyshaking motion whatever, or as soon as coupling of the cars takes place,the lidwill be vibrated from the balanced position shown inFig. 4so'that it willfall and thus close itself. My locking -.device forms noobstruction to the complete automatic closthe pin '12 and that thecurvature of the ing of the lid for there are no heavy springsto operatein closing, but all that the lid has to do is to move the plate-8slightly-upward.

as the lower beveled edge 23 of the latch 22 strikes against the otherbeveled edge 5 of the lug 4 shown in Fig. 4.

. A modified form of my locking and lifting device is shown in Figs. 5and 6. In this, modified form the lid is formed with a casbined lockingand lifting device 32 has a handle 34 projecting outside of the casingand a latch 86 projecting from the inner side of the casing 30 to co-actwith a lug 38 on the body of the box substantially identical with thelug 4L shown in Figs. 1 to 4:. In this construction, when the operatormoves the handle 34, the latch 36 will be withdrawn to the left, asviewed in Fig. 6, and the inside of the casing 80 will act as a stop toprevent too much movement of the latch 36, so that the inside of thecasing 30 performs the same function as the cut away portion 24illustrated in Fig. 2.

From the foregoing and accompanying drawings it Wlll be seen that I haveprovlded a very simple form of locking and lifting device which can beadded with practically no additional cost and which cannot possibly getout of order and at the same time the device will automatically lock thelid as the lid falls to its closed position.

It will be obvious that changes and modifications may be made in myinvention without departing from the spirit thereof, the scope of whichis set forth by the appended claims.

What I claim as my invention is;

1. In a journal box, a box proper, and a lid closing the feed opening ofthe same, said lid having a latch pivotally supported thereon normallydropping by gravity-substantially parallel with the lid, the latchswinging at right angles to the lid under a part of the box as the lidcloses, whereby the latch locks the lid to the box, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a journal box, a box proper, and a lid closing the feed opening ofthe same, said lid having a latch pivotally supported thereon normallydropping by gravity substantially parallel with the lid, the latchswinging at right angles to the lid under a part of the box as the lidcloses, thereby locking the lid to the box, and a handle proecting fromsaid latch whereby when said handle is moved the latch moves on itspivot to release the lid, substantially as described. 3. In a journalbox, a box proper, a lid closing the feed opening of the same, a platepivotally supported on said lid and having a latch normally hangingsubstantially parallel with the lid and swinging at right angles to thelid, under a part of the box as the lid closes, and a handle projectingfrom said plate whereby when said handle is moved, the plate is moved onits pivot to release the latch from the box, substantially as described.

4;. In a journal box, a box proper having a lug thereon, a lid closingthe feed opening of said box, and a plate pivotally supported by saidlid and having a latch normally hanging substantially parallel with thelid and movable at right angles to the lid, said latch-striking theupper part of said lug just before the lid closes and swinging undersaid lug as the lid reaches its closed position, substantially asdescribed.

5. In a journal box, a box proper having a lug thereon, a lid closingthe feed opening of said box, a plate pivotally supported by said lidand having a latch normally hanging substantially parallel with the lidand movable at right angles to the lid, said latch striking the upperpart of said lug just before the lid closes and swinging under said lugas the lid reaches its closed position, and a handle projecting fromsaid plate whereby whensaid handle is moved the plate moves on its pivotto release the latch from said lug, substantially as described.

6. In a journal box, a box proper having a lug thereon, and a lidclosing the feed opening of the same, said lid having a latch pivotallysupported thereon and normally hanging substantially parallel with thelid, the latch swinging at right angles to the lid under said ing as thelid closes, and a stop limiting the movement of the latch as the lid isopened, substantially as described.

7. In a journal box, a box proper having a beveled lug thereon, a lidclosing the feed opening of said box, and a plate pivotally supported onsaid lid and having a latch normally hanging substantially at rightangles to the lid and swinging against said beveled lug at right anglesto the lid as the lid closes, said latch moving by gravity under thelug, substantially as described.

8. In a journal box, a box proper having a beveled lug thereon, a lidclosing the feed opening of said box, a plate pivotally supported onsaid lid to move at right angles to the lid and having a latch swingingagainst said beveled lug as the lid closes, said latch moving by gravityunder the lug, and a handle projecting fromsaid plate whereby when saidhandle is moved the plate is moved on its pivot to release the latchfrom its lug, substantially as described. j 9. In a journal box, a boxproper having a lug thereon, a lid closing the feed opening of the sameand having an opening or recess therein, a plate pivotally supported onsaid lid and having a latch swinging through said opening or recess and00- operating with said lug, and a handle projecting from said platewhereby when said handle is moved the plate is swung on its pivot torelease the latch from the box, substantially as described.

10. In a journal box, a box proper having a lug with a beveled uppersurface and a beveled or curved under surface, a lid closing the feedopening of said box and having an opening or recess therein, and a platepivotally supported by said lid and having a latch swinging through saidopening or recess and co-acting with the beveled lug on the box,substantially as described.

11. In a journal box, a box proper having a lug with a beveled uppersurface and a beveled or curved under surface, a lid closing the feedopening of said box, a plate pivotally supported by said lid and havinga latch normally hanging substantially parallel with the lid andco-acting with said lug, the latch moving at right angles to the lidagainst the beveled upper surface of the lug as the lid is nearly closedand sliding under the lug as the lid reaches its closed position,substantially as described.

12. In a journal box, a box proper having a lug thereon, a lid closingthe feed opening of the box and having an opening or recess therein, aplate pivotally supported on said lid and having a latch swinging out ofthe opening or recess and 00- operating with said lug, said lid having acasing covering said plate, and a handle on said plate projectingthrough said casing, whereby when said handle is moved the plate isswung on its pivot to release the latch from th box, substantially asdescribed.

13. In a journal box, a box proper having a lug thereon, a lid closingthe feed opening of the box, a vertically disposed plate pivoted at itsupper end to said lid and having a latch co-acting with the lug on saidbox, said vertically disposed latch swinging on its pivot at rightangles to the lid as it strikes said lug when the lid is nearly closedand sliding under the lug as the lid reaches its closed position,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PERRY BROWN.

Witnesses:

JOHN L. FLETCHER, D. W. PERKINS.

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Washington, D. G.

